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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 6, Ch. 4]
vindhya-pādān upavrajya so 'carad duṣkaraṁ tapaḥ
tam—that; abṛṁhitam—not increasing; ālokya—seeing; prajā-sargam—the creation of the living entities; prajāpatiḥ—Dakṣa, the generator of living entities; vindhya-pādān—the mountains near the Vindhya mountain range; upavrajya—going to; saḥ—he; acarat—executed; duṣkaram—very difficult; tapaḥ—austerities.
TRANSLATION
But when Prajāpati Dakṣa saw that he was not properly generating all kinds of living entities, he approached a mountain near the Vindhya mountain range, and there he executed very difficult austerities.
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तत्राधमर्षणं नाम तीर्थं पापहरं परम् । उपसृश्यानुसवनं तपसातोषयद्धरिम् ॥२१॥
tatrāghamarṣaṇaṁ nāma tīrthaṁ pāpa-haraṁ param upaspṛśyānusavanaṁ tapasātoṣayad dharim
tatra—there; aghamarṣaṇaṁ—Aghamarṣaṇa; nāma—named; tīrthaṁ—the holy place; pāpa-haraṁ—suitable for destroying all sinful reactions; param—best; upaspṛśya—performing ācamana and bathing; anusavanaṁ—regularly; tapasā—by austerity; atoṣayat—caused pleasure; harim—to the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
TRANSLATION
Near that mountain was a very holy place named Aghamarṣaṇa. There Prajāpati Dakṣa executed ritualistic ceremonies and satisfied the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Hari, by engaging in great austerities to please Him.